Q 01/05

R. L. Stine, who launched Goosebumps with Welcome to Dead House, is nicknamed after which adult horror novelist?

A) Stephen King

B) Dean Koontz

C) Clive Barker

D) Anne Rice

Answer · why

A) Stephen King

Stephen King is the comparison, though Stine started out far from horror, writing joke books for children under the name Jovial Bob Stine.

Q 02/05

Which horror director wrote a full, never-filmed 1990s movie screenplay of Welcome to Dead House?

A) Wes Craven

B) John Carpenter

C) George A. Romero

D) Guillermo del Toro

Answer · why

C) George A. Romero

George A. Romero recast the townspeople as sympathetic victims who long to rest in peace, and invented a town boss to be the true villain. The script ...

Q 03/05

In Welcome to Dead House, why do the townspeople kill the pet that Amanda and Josh arrive with?

A) It bit Mr. Dawes

B) It dug up a grave

C) Dogs can sense them

D) Its barking drew outsiders

Answer · why

C) Dogs can sense them

Dogs can sense them, Ray admits: animals know the living dead on sight, so the pet had to be silenced before it gave the whole town away.

Q 04/05

What is the family name of Amanda and Josh, the siblings at the heart of Welcome to Dead House?

A) Brewer

B) Benson

C) Hawkins

D) Morris

Answer · why

B) Benson

Benson is the family's name. Twelve-year-old Amanda tells the story, while her brother Josh is a year younger and a good deal more stubborn.

Q 05/05

In Welcome to Dead House, a letter says Amanda's father has inherited the house from which relative?

A) A great-uncle

B) A grandfather

C) A stepbrother

D) A godmother

Answer · why

A) A great-uncle

A great-uncle he had never heard of supposedly left it to him. The relative never existed: the letter was bait to bring a living household to town.